# Splitting of Promises from DS.Model (or Ember.Model)

**URL:** <https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/splitting-of-promises-from-ds-model-or-ember-model/1406>\
**Category:** Proposals\
**Created:** [June 3, 2013, 11:38pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/splitting-of-promises-from-ds-model-or-ember-model/1406 "2013-06-03T23:38:16Z")\
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As it stands now (0.13), the find() function responds to then, and it appears to fire only when loaded - as expected. Is ember-data holding a reference to that promise, and due to the nature of promises, that promises’ data? Will that data ever be garbage collected?

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